Unity of Farmers Branch (Formerly The Church Of One Love)

Special Guest Speaker Veronica Valles

Rev. Rick Horsey: Truth - Is It All An Illusion?

Throughout history humankind has believed in Truth, only to find out that it was, after all, not really True.  Is it possible that we really do not know anything for a fact?  What and where is our guiding star, or is there such a thing?

We seem to have been on an evolutionary journey to discover what God is, only to see it slide away from us more often than not.

Let us take a look at where we have been, where we are, and imagine what might be.

Can we be open to an uncertain and unclear future, or is it all an illusion?

What Are You Wearing?

Is that a suit of armor? Can you take it off?  As humans we hurt and then we try to protect ourselves from it ever happening again.  Unfortunately, we cannot build walls (or wear suits) that close our hearts only to what is painful.  A closed heart is a closed heart.  So how do we navigate a world where to keep an open heart feels too painful, but to close it and live in the mind would make us cold and unfeeling?  How can we find balance—safe ways to wear only our own skin?  

The Joy of Praise

What is with this “praise and worship” that traditional churches do? Does the thought of "praising" offend?  What even is “praise?” or  “worship?”  Does praising something make us somehow lower than the object of our praise?  Does God “need” it?  Or do humans have a need to express praise? What in your life today might be calling for awe, wonder, gratitude, NOTICE?

Messages From The Angels

Are you paying attention to your messages?  Checking your Earth-mail? Checking in with yourself?  Being open to the many messages and all the different guises messengers take puts us in communication with the angels—literally!  

What Our Souls Know

Do we make “soul contracts” with each other?  Is there truly a reason we meet the “random” people we do, have the particular experiences of life, make the synchronous connections we make?  Do they (or can they)  all lead to our soul’s growth?  Are they part of a larger plan?  Are we in on it?   Let’s explore these questions and take look at life as if it were a school whose curriculum we might help design.

Learning From The Past

Just as the future can only be met from the place of the present moment, the past too, can be met right here right now in the present--has value in helping us to understand how it shaped and may still affect us in our present.  Let’s learn to look, learn, then forgive and let go. A wise person once said, “There’s nothing wrong with looking at the past—as long as you don’t stare!”

Michael Brundy - The Ministry of Encouragement: Be Someone's Light

In a time when so many feel overwhelmed or unseen, encouragement is more than a kind word—it’s a powerful ministry. This message explores how Spirit calls us to build each other up, how simple acts of encouragement can transform lives, and how each of us can be a light in someone’s darkest hour. Drawing on biblical examples, personal stories, and practical insights, this uplifting talk reminds us that sometimes the most spiritual thing we can do is simply show up and speak hope. 

Predicting The Future

Most of us would love to know what’s ahead.  We have all kinds of questions?  Will I be happy? Healthy? Alone? More spiritual? Aging gracefully?  Insecure?  All these anxious questions are about maintaining the illusion of control.  We think if we know what’s coming we can prepare for it.  Since we can never know what will happen in the world, the only way to be ready is to prepare our inner selves to meet with whatever comes.  Will we meet it with love, peace, equanimity?  Or fear, resistance, complaint? The answers to our futures are found in the only place that really exists:  the present moment.

Happy Interdependence Day

We love to think of ourselves as independent, but the truth is we are all inextricably connected in- and as- the One.   Physically, we cannot survive without each other and without the resources of Mother Earth.  In fact, we have become so specialized that in a literal sense we depend upon each other for almost everything—the intricate processes of providing for our daily needs of food, water, medical care, transportation, shelter, clothing, information, education, entertainment and more.  And, as divided as we seem to be as a culture, the truth is we evolve together or not at all.